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Capture Image and Save in Local

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Capture and save an image in local using webcam

Description

This snippet of code will allow you to capture images from your webcam and save in your local system.

Requirements

$ pip install opencv-python

Steps To Execution

  • Fork this repo and navigate to Capture Image and Save in Local folder
  • Run capture_img.py using $ python capture_img.py
  • A webcam window is displayed. Adjust the desired object in position and press the Spacebar key to capture.
  • Check the command prompt for a success or failure message.
  • If successful, you will see an image with name opencv_frame_0.png in the same directory as the python script.
  • Press the Escape key to close the webcam window.

Code Output

How the webcam window will look How the directory structure looks